Management Team
Philip Weisberg, CFA
Chief Executive Officer
From its origins in June 2000, to May 2001 when the platform went live, Philip Weisberg took a concept and made it into a reality. Phil remains the driving force behind the entire business strategy for FXall - instrumental at all levels, from building and testing latest technology improvements to working with customers one on one.
Phil featured in the 2007 Institutional Investor Magazine 'Online Finance 30' for the seventh consecutive year; a ranking of executives at top financial institutions who were recognized for "Making technology make a difference." Before joining FXall, Phil was a Managing Director at LabMorgan, JP Morgan Chase & Co.'s eFinance incubator. At LabMorgan Phil worked on the development of various client targeted portal efforts. Phil joined JP Morgan Chase & Co. in 1989 and held various positions in derivative trading in New York and London before managing currency derivatives globally.
Phil received a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Electrical Engineering from The Cooper Union for Science and Art in 1989 and an MBA degree in Finance and International Business from New York University in 1998.
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Mark Warms
General Manager, EMEA
Based in London, Mark is the General Manager of FXall's European operations and is responsible for developing and implementing FXall's corporate strategy for the region.
Before joining FXall, Mark was a Director at Credit Suisse First Boston where he was responsible for business development in the Global Foreign Exchange department. Mark's accomplishments at CSFB included the development and successful launch of CSFB's FX prime brokerage business.
Prior to joining CSFB in 1994, Mark worked at Citibank as an institutional foreign exchange sales representative. Before that he worked for five years in brand marketing for Kraft General Foods.
Mark received a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from Northeastern University in 1987 and an MBA degree in Finance and International Business from The University of Michigan in 1992.
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John Cooley
Chief Financial Officer
John is responsible for finance, business development, legal and compliance and information security. As a member of the management team, John has played a key role in leading the company's development since its inception in June 2000.
Prior to joining FXall, John was HSBC's Chief Administrative Officer for Global Fixed Income, with responsibilities for planning and strategy, including e-business. Previously, he was HSBC's Managing Director and head of Debt Capital Markets and Syndicate in New York.
Before joining HSBC in 1996, John spent 13 years with J.P. Morgan where he held positions in Fixed Income Syndicate, Structured Finance, Private Placements and Investment Banking.
John received a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Yale University in 1982; and an MBA in Finance from New York University in 1987.
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Mike Mendes
Chief Operating Officer
Mike is responsible for running the company's global operations and relationship management. He is also responsible for running the firm's 24 hour Client Interaction Center and built the global client on-boarding and liquidity provider integration teams.
Prior to joining FXall, Mike worked at LabMorgan, JP Morgan Chase & Co.'s eFinance incubator. At LabMorgan, Mike was instrumental in launching a number of start-ups, including MarketAxess - an electronic bond trading platform.
Mike joined JP Morgan Chase & Co. in 1980 and held several management roles at the firm's Delaware and New York locations within Financial, Operations, and Treasury Front-Office Divisions. Mike's accomplishments at JP Morgan included launching Morgan Bank (Delaware) and implementing a Liquidity Risk Management system for the Corp. Treasury Division.
Mike received a Bachelor of Science from Fairleigh Dickinson University in 1979 and an MBA from the Wilmington College in 1988.
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Jim Kwiatkowski
Head of Sales, Americas
Jim is responsible for the distribution of FXall's products in the Americas, both directly and through partnerships with third parties.
Before joining FXall, Jim worked at electronic trading platform FutureTrade, where he led the global sales, services and marketing functions and was responsible for negotiating partnerships with third-party distributors. Prior to FutureTrade, Jim held senior management positions at several financial technology companies including Bridge, where he ran their Global Accounts program and Reuters, where he was involved in launching Reuters Matching.
Jim received a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from The Columbia University School of Engineering and Applied Science in 1986 and an MBA degree in Finance and International Business from New York University Stern School of Business in 1991.
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Minor Huffman
Chief Technology Officer
Minor is responsible for the design, implementation and operation of FXall's leading technology platforms. This includes Accelor, the foreign exchange ECN for all professional market participants, and Portfolio OMS, the award-winning portfolio workflow and trading platform for all corporate treasurers and asset managers.
Prior to joining FXall, Minor was a director at Citigroup, leading the design, implementation and operation of technology for the equity options market making and order routing businesses. Before joining Citigroup, Minor held senior technology management positions at JP Morgan, where he led analytics, e-commerce and risk technology teams for the interest rate, structured finance and credit derivatives businesses and at Lehman Brothers, where he led risk and trading technology teams for the commodities and fixed income derivatives businesses.
Minor received a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1989, and an MBA degree in Finance and International Business from New York University Stern School of Business in 1996.
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Tom San Pietro
Head of Active Trading
Tom is responsible for leading all aspects of FXall's active trading business bringing together the expertise and resources of the firm to meet the needs of high frequency traders and liquidity providers. He joins FXall from LavaFX where he was Chief Executive Officer. Tom has over 15 years of trading technology experience and deep industry knowledge.
During his career, he developed and managed FX applications for margin trading, settlement, order management, ecommerce, and prime brokerage.
Prior to joining FXall and LavaFX, he has worked in a variety of capacities either as a consultant, vendor or employee for Barclays Bank, Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstien, Deutsche Bank, and JPMorgan Chase.
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Jim Foster
Global Head of Product Strategy
Jim is responsible for defining and implementing FXall's product strategy. Since joining the company in 2004, Jim has launched and run each of FXall's Active Trading products, including the Order Book and Bank Stream. He has also developed the design for other key FXall offerings, such as Portfolio OMS and Money Markets trading.
Before joining FXall, Jim was at Dresdner Kleinwort in London. He worked on the Product Development for their eFX trading platform, credit and risk management systems, helping to launch their streaming rates capabilities and API connectivity.
Jim received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Philosophy and Psychology from the University of Oxford in 1998.
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Patrik Nagel
Head of Sales, Asia
Based in Singapore, Patrik is responsible for building FXall's business and client base across Asia, including Japan. He brings with him years of experience in both sales and trading within the interbank and hedge fund market.
Before joining FXall, Patrik worked at Saxo Bank, where he held positions as Head of Institutional Sales for Asia Pacific in Singapore. Prior to this, he worked in Institutional Sales and Account Management, and also gained extensive market experience as an FX spot trader for M.M. Warburg Bank & Co and as an equity trader at private bank Joh. Berenberg, Gossler & Co. Bank in Hamburg. He began his career at Deutsche Bank in Frankfurt.
Patrik received a degree as "Internationaler Betriebswirt (ibs)" from International Business School in Bad Nauheim, Germany in 2001.
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Jonathan Woodward
Head of Sales, Australia & NZ
Jonathan, a 15 year e-trading specialist, joined FXall in Sydney in 2008 to head up the Australia and New Zealand office and is responsible for expanding FXall's footprint in the region.
Before joining FXall, Jonathan was involved in launching two new equity multilateral trading facilities, Chi-X and Equiduct, in business development functions. Prior to that, he held variety of roles in Asian business development, product management and sales within Global Link, State Street's multi-asset class e-trading platform including FX Connect. Additionally Jonathan worked for Bridge in Asia managing FX, equity, futures & commercial paper trading and information services.
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Lenore Kantor
Head of Marketing and Communications
Lenore oversees advertising, brand management, internal and external communications, including media relations. She works directly with the internal sales, product management, account management and technology teams, as well as our providers and vendors to promote FXall's services and value proposition.
Lenore's experience in institutional financial services and electronic trading included marketing executive positions at the International Securities Exchange (ISE) and The Bank of New York's institutional brokerage business. Most recently, Lenore was Executive Director of Marketing Communications for Morgan Stanley's Global Wealth Management business.
Lenore was previously a Board Member of the Financial Communications Society and received her MBA from Columbia Business School and her undergraduate degree from the University of Pennsylvania.
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